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Learn Chinese with Mike Absolute Beginner Coursebook Seasons 1 & 2

Mike Hainzinger · Mcgraw-Hill
Pages: 245
Format: Paperback

Chinese with Mike is 100% new and breaks with traditional Chinese curricula. Mike's humor, mixed with his logical, step-by-step approach shields learners from the unnecessary complexities of Mandarin Chinese. Through a blend of 60 short, highly addictive video lessons on DVD, a Coursebook...
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The Cotswolds

· Bradt Travel Guides Ltd ; Guilford

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Budapest & Hungary

Lonely Planet Publications (Firm) · Lonely Planet Global Limited

Lonely Planet Budapest & Hungary is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ogle sinuous Art Nouveau architecture in Budapest, take a cruise along the blue Danube, or see the dust fly at a cowboy show;...
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Moon Olympic Peninsula

Jeff Burlingame · Avalon Travel Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

Author and Washington native Jeff Burlingame knows the best ways to enjoy the Olympic Peninsula, from strolling through the subalpine meadows and temperate rain forests of Olympic National Park to soaking and swimming at Sol Duc Hot Springs. Burlingame offers unique strategies so travelers...
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Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-american Woman

Evelyn Shakir · Olive Branch Press
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback

Evelyn Shakir's witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation...
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The Nashville Guide: Experience Local

Abby Demmer · Spring House Press
Pages: 247
Format: Paperback

If you ask any enthusiastic traveler how they want to experience their destination, most will answer "as a local." The Nashville Guide is the inaugural offering in a new series of travel guides built by a community and fueled by Instagram. Featuring local Nashville shops, restaurants,...
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Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England

Lafe Low · Menasha Ridge Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Spanning from southern Connecticut up to the top of the mighty Katahdin, Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England by local author Lafe Low is a thorough reference to 45 day hikes on the Appalachian Trail in New England.This is the only guide that specifically covers the best days...
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Travels with Henry James

Henry James · Nation Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

"To travel with James in these pages is to take an unhurried vacation with a thoroughly seasoned, supremely cultivated, acutely intelligent companion. Our guide is a curious, engaged observer not only of landscapes and streets and cathedrals but also of paintings and plays and the characteristics...
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The Travel Atlas

· Lonely Planet
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

This is the ultimate world atlas for globetrotters. Combining our extensive mapping experience and unrivalled destination insight and knowledge, our first dedicated altas makes it easy for you to plan adventures and discover remarkable places around the planet. With Lonely Planet's The Travel...
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The Cruel Country

Judith Ortiz Cofer · University of Georgia Press
Format: Hardcover

“I am learning the alchemy of grief—how it must be carefully measured and doled out, inflicted—but I have not yet mastered this art,” writes Judith Ortiz Cofer in The Cruel Country. This richly textured, deeply moving, lyrical memoir centers on Cofer’s return...
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Experience USA

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Experience USA is your passport to majestic nature, epic journeys, cultural powerhouses and out-of-this-world experiences. We take readers on a journey through sprawling cities, small towns, great plains, snow-capped...
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Travel the World Without Worries: An Inspirational Guide To Budget Travel

Marek Bron · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback

Filled with trail-tested advice, Travel the World Without Worries is the must-have planning resource for the low-budget traveller. Whether you are dreaming of epic jungle treks, wild tuk-tuk rides, authentic food markets, or maybe just finding that perfect undiscovered beach-with this book...
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The Streets of Paris: A Guide to the City of Light Following in the Footsteps of Famous Parisians Throughout History

SUSAN CAHILL · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

From the author of Hidden Gardens of Paris, The Streets of Paris is Susan Cahill's wonderfully unique guide to present-day Paris following in the footsteps of famous Parisians through the last 800 years.For hundreds of years, the City of Light has set the stage for larger-than-life characters...
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Frommer's EasyGuide to River Cruising

Frommer Media · Frommermedia Llc
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

No segment of the travel industry is growing faster than river cruising. But how can you pick the right boat or itinerary? This book answers those questions and more, giving detailed, opinionated advice on the varying characters of the boat companies; why one river or itinerary will likely...
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Watching the English, Second Edition: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior Revised and Updated

Kate Fox · Nicholas Brealey America; Second Edition edition
Format: Book

Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English features a new foreword and fresh chapters on the unwritten...
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